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Swedish innovation company RenCom AB has chosen Coperion’s state-of-the art twin screw extrusion system to enable the production of RENOL, an innovative thermoplastic biomaterial that can be used to replace fossil-based plastics. Following…

"Even in times of Covid-19, there is plenty going on in the ENGEL R&D pipeline", as Dr. Christoph Steger, CSO, emphasises. In order to present the innovations originally planned for Fakuma 2020 to its customers and prospects despite…

AMI, leading provider of market intelligence and events for the global plastics industry, has just released the programme for Fire Resistance in Plastics 2020. The conference will take place on 30 November – 2 December 2020 at the Radisson…

The TPE Expert Talks by KRAIBURG TPE will take place between the 12th and 15th of October. The digital free event will offer various formats as it is aimed at customers, partners, industry insiders as well as interested parties. It will…

According to an authoritative report, The Global Market for PP Compounds, published in September 2020 by industry consultants, AMI Consulting, market penetration for Polypropylene Compounds is rising despite a slowdown in demand in 2020…

StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer of multi-cavity, high-volume production molds, has successfully manufactured its first 5-gallon industrial pail mold using newly installed capacity that can handle all components of a pail mold…

Introduced in early 2020, FLEXflow Evo is an advancement of the FLEXflow technology for servo-electrically driven valve gate systems from HRSflow, which had revolutionized sequential injection molding. With actuators directly fixed on the…

In a recent test series performed in its test lab at Stuttgart, Germany, Coperion together with the technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology demonstrated the wide range of possible applications for the proven Coperion ZSK twin screw…

20 August 1945, the day graduate engineer Heinz List filed a patent for the principle of the continuous kneader, is regarded as this compounding technology's birthday. Convinced by the concept, Buss AG inaugurated the first kneader test…

Just like filter materials used for mask making or in the dust filter sector, roofing underlays are typically produced from various layers of material that are bonded to one another to create a web-shaped product. This can be done using…